COLOGNE.- The Kunsthaus Lempertz Photography Auction, with approximately 200 lots, offers a cross-section through the history of the medium: from the early daguerreotypes and salt-paper prints to classical modern, from the ‘fotoform’ group to contempor…
Kunsthaus Lempertz Offers a History of Photography at Auction
COLOGNE, GERMANY – The Kunsthaus Lempertz Photography Auction, with approximately 200 lots, offers a cross-section through the history of the medium: from the early daguerreotypes and salt-paper prints to classical modern, from the ‘fotoform’ group …
Historic Daguerreotypes and Custer Relics Lead the Charge in $1.2 Million Heritage Americana Auction
DALLAS, TX.- A trio of important circa 1850 daguerreotypes drew tremendous interest and heated bidding in Heritage’s $1.2 million Nov. 17 Grand Format Americana & Political Memorabilia Auction, with all three realizing well above their pre-auction es…
New York Based British Photographer Adam Fuss Exhibits at Timothy Taylor Gallery
LONDON.- Timothy Taylor Gallery presents an exhibition of new work by the New York based British Photographer Adam Fuss. Emphasising themes of transformation and perception, Fuss seeks not to describe an object with the detailed clarity of traditional …
Christie’s New York to Offer Extraordinary Collection of Unique Daguerreotypes
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s presents A Historic Photographic Grand Tour: Important Daguerreotypes by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey in an exclusive sale this fall. The auction, featuring 74 daguerreotype photographs, hails from a private collec…
Christie’s New York to Offer Extraordinary Collection of Unique Daguerreotypes
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s presents A Historic Photographic Grand Tour: Important Daguerreotypes by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey in an exclusive sale this fall. The auction, featuring 74 daguerreotype photographs, hails from a private collec…
Rare Edgar Allan Poe Portrait Fails to Sell
BALTIMORE (AP).- A rare portrait of Edgar Allan Poe has failed to sell at auction. The small watercolor by A.C. Smith is one of just three surviving portraits of the author and the only one that shows him as a writer. Poe looks robust and lacks the m…